Citējot Billy Wilson <[email protected]>:

Hi,

I have a question about using Xvfb securely on a multi-user system. We are currently using xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.10.4-6.el6.x86_64. Our main reason for using Xvfb is to accommodate one of our users, whose scientific computing software requires an X server for some reason.

My concern is that if the non-privileged user runs the following: `Xvfb :1 -screen 0 800x600x24+1`

probably You cant start it without TCP protocol

$ Xvfb :1 -screen 0 800x600x24+1 -nolisten tcp

and after successful start restrict the socket file

$ chmod 0600 /tmp/.X11-unix/X1


Any user on the system is able to export DISPLAY=:1 and run programs that connect to his dummy X server. I'm aware of auth file and xhost mechanisms for access control, but I was wondering how I can have Xvfb restrict connections strictly to the user, by default.

In other words: How can I prevent an uninformed user from using the Xvfb defaults and opening X to the world?

Thanks,
Billy Wilson





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